Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6d38e4a7472231b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

5.7 KB Created: 2008-09-24 19:47:56 Authoring application: Adobe (via Notepad)
MD5: 1a58a6b2e33198a42dd98da38f9ce97f SHA-1: fec8af69fc46e751b2c91b5e1b2b934891023d3b SHA-256: a6d38e4a7472231be1e574d7e71c43b6ddc927ebc70573452d1dda979d975eb5
298 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1204.001 Malicious Link/Object: Malicious Link T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: JavaScript

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript that leverages critical vulnerabilities, specifically CVE-2009-0927 (Collab.getIcon) and CVE-2007-5659 (Collab.collectEmailInfo). These exploits are designed to execute arbitrary code. The presence of deobfuscated JavaScript and ClamAV detections (Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931, Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18) strongly indicates that this file is a malicious PDF dropper intended to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Heuristics 8

  • Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 critical CVE exact CVE_2009_0927
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.getIcon — CVE-2009-0927 is a stack buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by Collab.getIcon() with a crafted argument. Allows arbitrary code execution. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-35931
  • ClamAV detection on extracted artifact critical EXTRACTED_FILE_CLAMAV
    ClamAV flagged at least one file extracted from inside this sample. Even when the wrapping document carries no AV detection of its own, a hit on the carved artifact is a strong indicator the sample is a delivery vehicle.
  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0006_000.js
1f8d9fe52e1c988f01d5b3142d1b3f4e227c10ce7fec3704f7b85205702fdb35
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 6 at offset 0x1313 695 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).
legacy_pdfkit_stage_000.js
7b7b16a0e7ff84b0a44882eb38812ac9923d10301c4c332cd72173db0c38ac06
deobfuscated-js repeated-marker hex decoded JavaScript at offset 0x16E 4825 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: Js.Exploit.Shellcode-18
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 9 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).